Chicago mayor signs executive order making illegal immigrants eligible for city’s coronavirus relief funds

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed an executive order ensuring illegal immigrants are eligible to receive the city’s coronavirus benefits.

Illegal immigrants are not eligible to receive unemployment insurance or stimulus checks under the financial aid package passed by Congress last month.

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